Alphabetical Index

of Subject Matters

original: "Index alphabeticus materiarum"

The text on this page is extremely faded. This is likely due to "bleed-through," where ink from the reverse side of the leaf has seeped through the paper over time, or "ghosting" from the heavy lettering on the following page. In historical manuscripts, such indexes were essential tools for readers to navigate long or complex texts by topic rather than just page number.